President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Turkey will go to the European Court of Human Rights over the Netherlands' treatment towards Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, the Minister of Family and Social Affairs.
"Two of our ministers will apply to the European Court of Human Rights over their treatment in the Netherlands," he said in an interview with A Haber television on Monday.
Erdoğan also harshly criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a televised interview late Monday over Germany's "support to terror" and also said that Deniz Yücel, a German journalist arrested in February by Turkish security forces, was a "terrorist spy."
The president also criticized those who want to misinform people about the new constitution and system, saying the president will have to bear more responsibility.
Rotterdam local authorities on Saturday declared a state of emergency to disperse the peaceful crowd protesting the Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya's treatment. Many people were left injured after Rotterdam's mounted police used force on protesters and set K9 police dogs on the crowd to clear the street.
The President also harshly criticized Dutch authorities' attitude towards the minister, saying that it is unacceptable that she was not allowed to enter the Turkish consulate building in Rotterdam, which is legally Turkish territory.